Bed Availability and Occupancy – Quarter ending 30 September 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Bed Availability and Occupancy - Quarter ending 30 September 2012:

It collects the total number of available bed days and the total number of occupied bed days by consultant main specialty. Main findings are:

The average daily number of beds open overnight was 135,602 in Quarter 2 2012/13 compared with 137,339 in Quarter 1 2012/13.

The average occupancy rate for all beds open overnight was 85.2% in Quarter 2 2012/13 compared with 85.9% in Quarter 1 2012/13.

The average daily number of general and acute beds open overnight was 103,774 in Quarter 2 2012/13 compared with 104,933 in Quarter 1 2012/13.

The average occupancy rate for general and acute beds open overnight was 86.5% in Quarter 2 2012/13 compared with 87.7% in Quarter 1 2012/13.

The average daily number of day only beds was 11,701 in Quarter 2 2012/13 compared with 11,521 in Quarter 1 2012/13.

Notes to Editors

This dataset covers the number of beds for each NHS provider which are available for patients to have treatment or care.

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